Armenian Cultural Association of Maine to host expert panel: “Yerevan to Jerusalem: Armenia’s Challenges in an Evolving Region”
When: Wednesday, April 2, 2025 | 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Where: University of Southern Maine, McGoldrick Center, 35 Bedford St., Portland, ME
Details: The Armenian Cultural Association of Maine invites members of the media to attend an insightful panel discussion, “Yerevan to Jerusalem: Armenia’s Challenges in an Evolving Region.” This timely conversation will explore Armenia’s strategic geopolitical challenges, regional balance of power and international efforts aimed at reducing hostility and ensuring stability in the Middle East and South Caucasus.
Featured speakers:
- Ambassador Edward P. Djerejian, Former U.S. Ambassador to Syria and Israel, served eight U.S. presidents, currently a Senior Fellow at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.
- Anthony Barsamian, Former Chairman and Trustee of the Armenian Assembly of America, Managing Partner at Hutchins Barsamian Mandelcorn, LLP.
The event is co-sponsored by the World Affairs Council of Maine, Immigrant Justice Society and the University of Southern Maine School of Social Work.
This is an excellent opportunity for media representatives interested in international relations, geopolitical dynamics, Middle Eastern affairs and community engagement to cover an event with distinguished experts providing authoritative insights.
Contact for interviews and additional information: Raffi DerSimonian
Phone: 207.756.0916
Email: rdersimonian@gmail.com
For registration and more information: https://wacmaine.org/event/from-yerevan-to-jerusalem-with-ambassador-edward-djerejian/
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Hm. I wonder if the Honorable Ambassador will bother to mention the decades of U.S.-funded tyranny in Lebanon–a country whose “army” has received billions from the USA for the purpose of repressing its own long-suffering population, but which cannot manage to defend the borders of that county from the vicious, land-thieving regime to the south. Or the 14-year war against the population of the Syria, including Armenians, for the purpose of destroying the last Arab military that was, occasionally, willing and able to defend its territory against America’s surrogate in Tel Aviv. (Decades ago, with the launch of America’s second war against Iraq, several of us went on record to predict that: (a) the wars in Iraq would fail to acheive their advertised goals; (b) the wars would be extended to Syria, and (c) this would have disastrous consequences for the once-vibrant Armenian communities of Syria. As it turned out, we were right, and the Ambassadors were wrong. American diplomats have a long history of lying the country into far-flung wars, and then, after shredding societies (under the pretext of “regime change”)–after directly and indirectly maiming and killing hundreds of thousands, and then millions of civilians–FAILING to achieve their advertised goals. The Honorable Ambassador and his cohorts have a very poor record of prognostication. Why, I wonder, should anyone listen to them? Or looking forward, perhaps the Honorable Ambassador could enlighten us about (i) the wonderful consequences of their genocide in Gaza, (ii) the on-going ethnic cleansing of the West Bank and half of Lebanon, (iii) or the destruction by Israel of 90% the Christian presence in the Holy Land, including the ancient Armenian community in Jerusalem. Or for that matter (iv) the ongoing attempts by their ally Netanyahu to sucker American taxpayers into yet another doomed forever war–this time against Iran. Would the Honorable Ambassador care to address any of these points? Come on, surprise us.